Mozilla Digital Memory Bank Podcast

Firefox co-founder Blake Ross agreed to meet with us at a California public library last June, for an interview. We didn’t realize, however, the intricacies of reserving space in a study room. Several contradictory answers and one library card later, we finally were able to sit down with Blake. His ideas about Firefox, Mozilla, and open source were truly unique, and I highly recommend visiting the archive to hear the entire interview.

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Running time: 8:41

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This week we are excited to bring you highlights from an interview with former Mozilla Product Manager, Rafael Ebron. There are some very interesting observations about Mozilla’s marketing strategy, as well as some entertaining anecdotes about the naming of Firefox.

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Running time: 13:52

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This week we bring you some highlights from an an oral history Olivia Ryan took from XUL developer Neil Deakin last June. Neil has some interesting insights into what it is like to move from a volunteer to a full-time Mozilla employee.

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Earlier this month we were able to chat with Alex Vincent in a marathon instant message interview. There is some great stuff here. You can view the transcript here.

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Running Time: 8:56

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This week we bring you some excerpts from an interview with Marcia Knous of the Mozilla Store. She has some interesting insights into the people who but Mozilla products, as well as commentary on the Mozilla community and a little history from the Netscape days.

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Running Time: 9:01

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This week we feature highlights from an interview from last June with Mike Beltzner. Canadian to the bone, this interview is laden with hockey and Tim Horton’s, in addition to some compelling ideas regarding the open source movement. The full interview, with transcript, can be found here.

Enjoy the interview and please contribute to the Memory Bank. Much thanks to Gervase Markham for contributing his blog, which will be appearing in the archive soon.

~Ken